Curtain-fixture



(No Model.)

A. S. GLIDDEN. GURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 446,675. Patent-sarah. 17,1891.

`i rrcnw ALBERT S. GIJDDEN, OF LAKE VILLAGE, NIMV HAMPSHIRE.

` CURTAIN-F|XTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,675, dated February 1'?, 18191.

Application iled April 19, 1890. Serial No. 348,603. (No model.) a

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT GLIDDEN,of Lake Village, in the county of Belknap and State of NewHampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements iu Curtain-FiXtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the provision of such improvements in curtain-tixtures as will avoid the marring of the Window-casing heretofore occasioned in the putting up of shaderollers.

It isV also the object of my invention to provide such improvements in shade-roller supports as will render thesame adjustable to rollers of different lengths.

The invention comprises a slotted baseplate adapted to be secured in any suitable way to the window-casing or window-cap and a bracket constructed to engage the end of the rod or stud at the end of the shade-roller, the said bracket being adjustable along the slot of the base-plate, all as is described indctail hereinafter, and subsequently pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the sameletters designating the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved shade-roller support complete. Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l and looking toward the left-hand end of the last-mentioned iigure.

In carrying out my invention I provide a base-plate a, of metal or other suitable material, in which is formed a slot b, said plate having parallel side flanges h throughout its length, One end of the base-plate a is provided with au angular portion c, through which is formed one or more screw-holes d.

c designates the roller-supporting bracket, provided with a base f, so constructedas 'to adapt the said bracket to be'moved along longitudinally upon the base-plate a. The ends of this base f are bent into flanges f', which hug the side flanges b of plate a. A

hole is formed in the base f of the bracket, so as to receive a headed screw g, which passes through the sloth of theplate a and is tapped accompanying into a slide-piece h, constructed so that it may be moved along beneath the said base-plate between the side iianges h as the bracket e is moved along on the face, said side piece being designed to iit snugly between said side lianges. The outer or upper end of the bracket is constructed, as at t', as usual, for the reception of the end of the rod or stud projecting from the end of the shade-roller.

In use the base-plate will be secured in position by means of screws passed through the holes d of the angular portion of the baseplate and screwed into the wood in a direction parallel with the line on which the shaderoller will extend, and the supporting or operating stud will be placed in position in the bracket at i, and the latter being moved to the desired place on the base-plate will be secured in such place by tightening up the screw g, connected with the slide-piece h, all as will be readily understood withoutfurther description.

The invention described renders itfeasible to suit shade-rollers to windows for which they were not originally designed and to which they could not be applied by the use of the commonly-employed bracket, because of the width of the window or the peculiar molding of the casing.

Again, by my improvement the inarring of the facing of the window-casing is avoided, and I am enabled always to secure a flat surface upon which to attach the support, so that the latter may be maintained securely in place, which is not the -case with present brackets, which, in order to accommodate them to the length of the shade-roller, must be secured upon the uneven surface of the molding of the Window-casing.

The invention also secures an economical end, in that shades and their rollers can readily be changed to and used upon windows of limited varying widths without change of ixtures further than a change in the adjustment of the bracket e.

It is obvious that changes may bev made in the form and arrangement of parts compris ing my invention without departing from the nature or spirit thereof. For example, the bracket 'e may be reversed, if need be, in its position on the base-plate a, and this is an important feature of the invention.

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, with parallel side flanges, the curtain-supporting brackets adjustable on said base-plate and having a base provided With bent ends hugging said side iianges and a hole, a slidepiece 71, secured against said base-plate and .fitted between Said side iianges, and the screw working in said hole and engaging said slidepiece, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described improved curtainiixture, comprising` the base-plate having a slotand an angular portion at one end provided With screw-holes and also having parallel side anges, the curtain supporting bracket having a base provided with bent ends hugging said side flanges and having a hole formed therein, the slide-piece h, fitting between said side flanges, and the screw working in said hole and engaging said slide-piece, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence ot' two subscribing Witnesses, this 12th day of April, A. D. 1890. h

ALBERT S. GLDDEN. Witnesses:

S. S. 'JEWETig DE \V. C. HoWE. 

